In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.
اللَّهُمَّ
أَصْلِحْ لِي دِينِي الَّذِي هُوَ عِصْمَةُ أَمْرِي
وَأَصْلِحْ لِي
دُنْيَايَ الَّتِي فِيهَا مَعَاشِي
وَأَصْلِحْ لِي
آخِرَتِي الَّتِي فِيهَا مَعَادِي
وَاجْعَلِ
الْحَيَاةَ زِيَادَةً لِي فِي كُلِّ خَيْرٍ
وَاجْعَلِ
الْمَوْتَ رَاحَةً لِي مِنْ كُلِّ شَرٍّ
O Allah! Rectify
my religion for me, which is the safeguard of my affairs; rectify my worldly
[affairs], wherein is my livelihood; and rectify my Afterlife to which is my
return; and make life for me [as a means of] increase in every good and make
death for me as a rest from every evil. [Saheeh Muslim Number: 2720]
This is also one of
the comprehensive supplications of the Prophet (sallal laahu alayhi wasallam).
Indeed, it gathers affairs a person asks Allaah for the rectification of one’s
religious affairs, worldly affairs and affairs related to the Afterlife. It
begins with one’s religious affairs because when one religion is rectified,
then the other affairs [i.e. one’s Dunyaa and Aakhirah] will also be
rectified.
اللَّهُمَّ
أَصْلِحْ لِي دِينِي الَّذِي هُوَ عِصْمَةُ أَمْرِي
O
Allaah! Rectify my religion for me, which is the safeguard of my affairs.
The statement: [اللَّهُمَّ أَصْلِحْ لِي دِينِي – O Allah! Rectify my religion for me]- Meaning: Asking
Allaah for the rectification of one’s religion- to be blessed with the ability
and guidance to fulfil its obligations, etiquettes and requirements in a
perfect and complete manner; blessed with the guidance and ability to adhere to
the Qur’aan and the authentic Sunnah based on the path of the
Salafus Saaleh – the Sahaabah, the Taabi’een and the righteous Imaams- in
affairs related to sound creed, worship, Dawah [i.e. the sound method of
calling to the path of Allaah] and good social behaviour in general. [الَّذِي هُوَ عِصْمَةُ أَمْرِي– which is the safeguard of my affairs]- Meaning: The
affair through which all my affairs will be protected, just as Allaah stated: [وَٱعۡتَصِمُواْ بِحَبۡلِ ٱللَّهِ
جَمِيعً۬ا وَلَا تَفَرَّقُواْۚ
– And hold fast, all of you together, to the Rope of Allah (i.e. this
Qur’an), and be not divided among yourselves]. [Surah Aal Imraan. Aayah
103]
This shows the fact
that adherence to the religion based on the sound methodology [of the Salaf]
is a means to safety for the person – [a safeguard] against the misleading
trials and against falling into deviation in creed and deeds; and that not
adhering to the religion is the reason behind ruining one’s affairs, just as
Allaah said: [وَلَا
تُطِعۡ مَنۡ أَغۡفَلۡنَا قَلۡبَهُ ۥ عَن ذِكۡرِنَا وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَٮٰهُ
وَكَانَ أَمۡرُهُ ۥ فُرُطً۬ا
– and obey not him whose heart We have made heedless of Our Remembrance, one
who follows his own lusts and whose affair (deeds) has been lost]. [Surah
Al-Kahf. Aayah 28] [see tafseer]
وَأَصْلِحْ لِي
دُنْيَايَ الَّتِي فِيهَا مَعَاشِي
And
rectify my worldly (affairs), wherein is my livelihood.
[وَأَصْلِحْ لِي دُنْيَايَ – And rectify my worldly (affairs)]- Meaning: Asking
Allaah to rectify one’s worldly affairs- to be granted sufficiency in what one
needs and through permissible means, as well as making it a means that aids one
to obey Allaah. [الَّتِي
فِيهَا مَعَاشِي– wherein is my
livelihood]- Meaning: In my livelihood and my life.
This shows that people have a specified livelihood and a determined provision,
and they will receive all of it before they die.
وَأَصْلِحْ لِي
آخِرَتِي الَّتِي فِيهَا مَعَادِي
And
rectify my Afterlife to which is my return.
[وَأَصْلِحْ لِي آخِرَتِي – And rectify my Afterlife]- Meaning: Asking
Allaah to make one’s affairs upright in the afterlife – to receive Allaah’s
Kindness, guidance and ability to obey Him [and the Messenger]; granted a
righteous departure from this life and success through eternal bliss in
paradise. [الَّتِي فِيهَا
مَعَادِي – to which
is my return]- Meaning: My place of return and my
return to Allaah. [Allaah said]: [ لِيَجۡزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَـٰٓـُٔواْ بِمَا عَمِلُواْ
وَيَجۡزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَحۡسَنُواْ بِٱلۡحُسۡنَى-
so that He (Allaah) may requite those who do evil with that which they have
done (i.e. punish them in Hell), and reward those who do good, with what is
best (i.e. Paradise)]. [Surah An-Najm. Aayah 31]
وَاجْعَلِ
الْحَيَاةَ زِيَادَةً لِي فِي كُلِّ خَيْرٍ
And
make life for me (as a means of) increase in every good.
[وَاجْعَلِ الْحَيَاةَ زِيَادَةً لِي
فِي كُلِّ خَيْرٍ– And make life
for me (as a means of) increase in every good]- Meaning: Make
the duration of lifespan an opportunity and a means of attaining good in speech
and deeds. This shows that the duration of person’s lifespan is a motive for
increasing in righteous and good deeds.
وَاجْعَلِ
الْمَوْتَ رَاحَةً لِي مِنْ كُلِّ شَرٍّ
And
make death for me as a rest from every evil.
[وَاجْعَلِ الْمَوْتَ رَاحَةً لِي مِنْ
كُلِّ شَرٍّ– And make
death for me as a rest from every evil]- Meaning: Make
death and my departure from this worldly life a means of rest; and not trials,
tests and calamities through sinning and heedlessness.
This shows that the believer is upon complete ease and submission in desiring to meet his Lord, [desiring] to receive Allaah’s great reward and external bliss. We ask Allaah for His Bounty.
(An Excerpt from
Fiqhul Ad’iyah Wal Ad’kaar. Vol 4. Pages 493-494. slightly paraphrased)
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Transliteration of the above du’aa added for the benefit of new muslims:
Allāhumm-aslih lī dīniyal-ladhī huwa ‘ismatu amrī,
wa aslih lī dunyāya-llati fihā ma’āshī, wa aslih lī ākhirati-llatī fihā ma’ādī, waj ‘alil-hayāta
ziyādatan lī fī kulli khair, waj ‘alil-mauta rāhatan lī min kulli sharrin.
O Allah! Rectify my
religion for me, which is the safeguard of my affairs; rectify my worldly
[affairs], wherein is my livelihood; and rectify my Afterlife to which is my
return; and make life for me [as a means of] increase in every good and make
death for me as a rest from every evil.
